That's some really great progress since your last post Jim!!! Dang good idea on the welding, too many people try to get by with less then first rate welding, never a good plan in my book!!!! The powder coating price doesn't sound bad either, with the price of primer and paint these days, not counting your labor, doubt you would be saving much by painting it yourself....only thing I've seen on powder coating errors is picking a color that is hard to touch up (rock chips, etc) later on....

Very nice work, gonna be a kewl ride!!!